View image in fullscreen Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
The Guardian Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures A caiman wearing a wig, two brown bears laughing and a leopard doing a handstand feature in the selection of finalists from this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards . Winners will be announced on 8 December by Matt Fidler View image in fullscreen Dirk Koster – The different one ‘I took this in 2025 in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, in the Oltepesi area. Three young giraffes were standing side by side on the savanna and looked back at me with great curiosity. Right behind the middle one stood a single umbrella acacia, perfectly lined up with its head and neck. The giraffe seemed to be wearing the tree, like a green hairdo or a fancy hat. Nothing was staged or arranged; it was a matter of being in the right spot at the right moment’ Photograph: Dirk Koster/Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 Share View image in fullscreen Lee Frost – Nature’s window Azure damselfly ( Coenagrion puella ) Stoke-on-Trent, UK‘May, 6am, a...